Connecting more veterans, service members and their families to support services with specially trained Pathfinders and Navigators
On July 30, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a $7.5 million initiative that will provide specially trained Pathfinders and Navigators to connect more veterans, servicemembers, and their families to a network of supportive services.
The community-based Pathfinders and Navigators will reach out to veterans, servicemembers, and their families throughout King County, focusing on those who face the greatest barriers, including veterans who are women, transgender, Native Americans, people of color, veterans who are experiencing homelessness, and their families. In addition to services, the Pathfinders and Navigators will connect veterans who experience isolation to supportive communities.
“No other county in this nation does more to support those who serve in the armed forces, yet our mission will not be complete until we connect all veterans, servicemembers, and their families to the services they need to thrive,” said Executive Constantine. “We have increased the resources available to veterans who live in King County. Now, our specially trained Pathfinders will reach those who face the greatest barriers to those resources.”
Read more in the official press release.
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Local food, music and fun at CHOMP!
Crossposted from King County Parks Plog
Join us as we celebrate all that is fresh, delicious, local, and sustainable at our 5th annual CHOMP!, King County’s local food and sustainable living festival. Taking place in the Willowmoor Farm at Marymoor Park on Saturday, August 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., our annual event is free to attend and offers a variety of activities for the whole family to enjoy!
This year’s event is packed with many great activities such as hands-on workshops, zucchini races, a farmers market, an upcycle bazaar, a scavenger hunt, and so much more! Check out the full list of activities.
Read more from King County Parks Plog
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Community Court Program building safer neighborhoods
King County is helping low-level offenders get their lives back on track and building safer communities through a program called Community Court.
The Community Court Program is an alternative problem-solving court that can help low-level offenders avoid the traditional court system if they adhere to a plan, access community services, and create positive changes in their lives and their community.
“It warms my heart to have people succeed and to see the change in them,” King County District Court Judge Lisa Paglisotti said in a recent video about the program. “This is the one program that, I think, we’re giving people tools teaching them to be self-sufficient, giving them hope, restoring their dignity, energizing them to move forward in positive ways.”
The Community Court addresses crimes such as theft, shoplifting, and other low-level offenses. The goal is to divert people from the traditional justice system and offer resources that can help them address the underlying issues that led to their offences, and ultimately lead to stronger, safer neighborhoods.
The Community Courts are located in Redmond and Burien, and include Resource Centers that offer services to participants, such as job training, education, housing, healthcare, and much more. The Community Court Resource Centers are open to everyone, not just those enrolled in the program.
The program offers resources, opportunities, and promotes the goal of empowering participants to create positive change. Watch this video to learn more or visit the Community Court Program.
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Featured Job: Accounting and Collections Supervisor
Salary: $3,092.87 – $3,920.40 Biweekly
Location: Seattle, WA
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Department: DJA – Judicial Administration
Job Number: 2019EH10368
Closing: 8/11/2019 4:30 PM Pacific
The Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) is an innovative, forward-looking agency using technology to help perform tasks better, more efficiently and reliably. DJA (also known as the Superior Court Clerk’s Office) performs a variety of services for the court, litigants and the public. DJA’s mission is to provide professional, high-quality Superior Court record services and justice system programs, while ensuring access to justice and integrity in the process.
DJA operates three office locations within King County (King County Courthouse, Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent and the Youth Service Center – Juvenile Court in Seattle) in addition to our on-line applications for electronic filing and record requests. With the ease of access to file or request records the volume of financial transactions processed through the court’s trust is large, with receipts exceeding 350,000 and well in excess of $100,000,000 annually, and in excess of 154,000 accounts receivable exceeding $705,000,000
Learn more about this position or view all available positions.
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Standing up to fear, hate, and violence
King County Executive Dow Constantine
This weekend our nation once again witnessed the senseless loss of life in two mass shootings, this time in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
These cities join the heartbreakingly long list of places whose residents have endured unthinkable violence, whose families have suffered unbearable losses; our nation’s leaders stand idly by while the epidemic of gun violence affects more and more communities.
This is a difficult period in our nation’s history, one where words of fear and hate are being used to divide us. There are consequences to hateful rhetoric. Creating and stoking a fear of “others” – people of another race, religion, country of origin, or sexual orientation – has consequences. And as we saw again this weekend, fear and hate, combined with military-grade weapons in the hands of disturbed individuals, can quickly turn into unspeakable tragedy.
We need to act to stem the scourge of gun violence. State and federal law pre-empt our ability to regulate firearms, but we are doing what we can within our own authority to reduce gun deaths. One very important area of work has been increasing the safe storage of firearms. Public Health – Seattle & King County has found that almost half of local gun owners have at least one unlocked firearm. This puts families, schools, and communities at risk; unlocked firearms are more likely to be stolen and used in a crime, and adolescents with access to firearms are nearly three times as likely to die by suicide.
When we witness tragic events like those in El Paso and Dayton, it is important that we support one another. If you would like to speak with someone, King County provides two free services to employees that offer professional support and advice: the Employee Assistance Program and Making Life Easier. Both resources are free and confidential.
There is no place for hate in King County. We are a place that welcomes, not one that divides, a welcoming community where every person has the opportunity to thrive.
Thank you for everything you do for the people of King County.
Sincerely,
Dow Constantine
King County Executive
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August treats and tunes at City Hall Park
Enjoy quick eats and free tunes this August with the new schedule of food trucks at City Hall Park, on 4th Ave and Yesler Way, and fun outdoor concerts, schedule here. For more information about the food trucks visit www.seattlefoodtruck.com.
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Featured Job: Real Property Agent III-IV
Salary: $82,347.20 – $120,348.80 Annually
Location: Seattle, WA
Job Type: Multiple job types-career service and/or temp
Department: DNRP – Natural Resources & Parks
Job Number: 2019-10373
Closing: 8/22/2019 11:59 PM Pacific
The Capital Planning and Land Management Section in the Parks and Recreation Division is currently seeking highly qualified candidates to fill two current vacancies: a Career Service/FTE Real Property Agent IV position and a Term Limited Temporary or Special Duty Assignment Real Property Agent III position. This recruitment will also be used to fill future vacancies over the next six months. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a dedicated Land Management team who is committed to responsible stewardship of our thriving and growing regional open space and trails system, passionate about serving the public and dedicated to continuous process improvement. The Real Property Agent IV is recognized as an expert in a highly specialized real property field. RPA IV’s support major capital infrastructure projects; manage the review and approval process for complex development proposals on Parks’ property that involve interagency, inter-jurisdictional or multi-disciplinary coordination; and recommend and help develop overall program strategies. This is a Career Service position.
Learn more about this position or view all available positions.
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Training Spotlight: La Cultura Cura Philosophy Overview
La Cultura Cura Philosophy Overview, Sept. 17: The National Compadres Network in partnership with King County’s Office of Equity and Social Justice presents La Cultura Cura Philisophy Overview: A Training on the National Compadres Network Healing Informed Philosophy and Framework with Jerry Tello. La Cultura Cura is a transformative health, learning, justice, and healing philosophy that recognizes that within individuals’, families’ and communities’ authentic cultural values, traditions and indigenous practices exist the path to healthy development, restoration and lifelong well-being. Register and learn more.
View more training and development opportunities at www.kingcounty.gov/learning.
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King County names new Children and Family Justice Center after the late Judge Patricia Hall Clark
Crossposted from King County Superior Court Blog
On July 24, 2019, the King County Council voted to name the new Children and Family Justice Center in honor of the late Judge Patricia Hall Clark. Her family was on hand to speak of her commitment to our youth and the court. The late Patricia H. Clark received her JD from the University of Washington in 1987, recognized for her outstanding abilities as an oral advocate. She joined the King County Prosecutor’s Office Criminal Division before leaving to teach at the Seattle University Law Clinic. She joined the Superior Court bench in 1998.
Read more from King County Superior Court Blog
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Join us for #CityHallSelfie Day on August 15
Show your King County pride! If you’re at lunch or on break, meet us at the Administration Building on the Fifth Avenue side at noon on Thursday, Aug. 15. We’ll take a group photo and post it on the county’s social media feeds to celebrate #CityHallSelfie Day. (Just because we’re a county doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun with this!)
If you work elsewhere around King County, hop in front of your building, snap a picture, and send it to socialmedia@kingcounty.gov and we’ll share it. You can also feel free to share our posts and use the hashtag #CityHallSelfie in your own posts. City Hall Selfie Day is sponsored by ELGL, Engaging Local Government Leaders.
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